Tag archives for Gymnastics
History of the Sport of Gymnastics
Gymanstics, as an activity sport, has been around for over 2000 years but as an competitive sport it is a little more than 100 years old. Mass and individual exhibitions…
Artistic gymnastics: Format of competition
Currently, in a full elite international competition, the meet is divided into several sessions: team qualifying, team finals, all-around finals and event finals. During the team qualifying(abbreivated TQ) round, gymnasts…
General History of Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics Gymnastics has existed for more than 2,000 years, but its development as a competitive sport began just little more than 100 years ago. During the 1800's, mass and…
Around Gymnastics for girls
Learn The Origins of Gymnastics If maybe you are the father or mother of a girl who does gymnastics, then travel to this page almost all just about gymnastics for…
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below).…
Artistic gymnastics: Compulsories
Before 1997, the team competition was structured differently. It still consisted of two sessions. However, gymnasts performed compulsory exercises in the preliminaries and their optional routines on the second day.…
Artistic gymnastics: Age limits
The FIG imposes a minimum age limit on gymnasts competing in international meets. The term senior, in gymnastics, refers to any world-class/elite gymnast who is age-eligible under FIG rules. Currently,…
Artistic gymnastics: Scoring and the Code of Points
Scoring at the international level is regulated by the Code of Points. At the elite level there is a panel of judges; the score is the average of the panel's…
History of Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics combines ballet and creative movements to music, while working with ribbons, balls, hoops, ropes and clubs in a choreographed dance-and-tumble routine. It has a lot more dance than…